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Biology Final 3
Exam 3 uco
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/02/2012

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watermelon snow is due to
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green algae
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agar which is used as a thickening agent in commercial products like toothpaste and gel capsules can be harvested from
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brown algae- sea weed
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termites do not have the following:
bent antennae
wide waist
equal size wings
any of these
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bent antennae
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diatomacceous earth used in toothpaste and silver polish is produced by?
Definition
diatoms
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which of the following diseases is caused by a flagellated protozoan and is found in dogs in oklahoma
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chagas diesease
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a fairy ring is associated with which group of organisms?
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fungi
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which of the following is not a protistan?
fungi
dinoflagellate
amoeba
green algae
all are protistans
Definition
fungi
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eukaryotes that are not fungi, animals, or plants are classified in a "catch-all" category called ______
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protists
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The white cliffs of Dover were originally formed from the
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tests of protistans
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if mitochondria disease is due to a mutated gene then it could be passed from the
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mother to her offspring
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what portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is most important in driving photosynthesis?
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visible light portion
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what important role do fungi play in many ecosystems?
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they decompose organic material
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the main function of the mushrooms we see above ground is to?
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produce reproductive spores
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what are hyphae?
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fungal cells
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which organelle in a plant cell is responsible for photosynthesis?
Definition
chloroplast
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In the ABCDE warning system for skin cancer, the B stands for?
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irregular border of the mole
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The soreness one feels after a strenous workout is due primarily to?
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small or minor tears or rips of the muscles
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In an organism that reproduces sexually and has a diploid number of 24, then what will the haploid number be? 6,11,24,48 or none of these
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none of these
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which of the following organs has the most frequent occurrence of cell division? nervous tissue
liver cells
stomach
brain tissue
all are about the same
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stomach
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In which stage of cell division is a cell functioning or playing its main role in the organism
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interphase
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where is the glucose or carbohydrate molecule made during the light independent reactions?
Definition
stroma
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during bread making, glycolysis occurs
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in the cytoplasm of the yeast
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during bread making why do the instructions usually say to beat the risen bread dough down?
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to collapse the CO2 air spaces that have developed
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why do most wines have a 10 to 15% alcohol concentration?
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because it kills the yeast at that concentration
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a stable ecosysem might have
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many long interwoven food chains forming a food web
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that small silky pocket mouse that lives in western oklahoma and does not need to drink free water, it gets its water from ______________.
Definition
metabolic water produced during cell respiration
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Where is most of the CO2 that we exhale produced during aerobic cell respiration?
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Kreb's Cycle in mitochondria
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Where is
Definition
Term
the reason we have to breath oxygen is that
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it helps produce NAD & glucose
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all the body cells (liver, muscle, stomach, bone, etc) of a human usually have a diploid number of?
Definition
92
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of the following which is one of the most dangerous forms of skin cancer?
Definition
melanoma
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what does the following generalized equation represent? carbohydrates + oxygen ---> water + carbon dioxide + energy into ATP
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aerobic cell respiration
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illegally produced alcohol during prohibition during prohibition days in American was called?
Definition
white lightening, moonshine, everclear
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the ultimate energy source for most forms of life in the biosphere is the
Definition
the sun
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if an alcoholic drink like a beer has .6 ounces of pure alcohol in it, it is referred to as
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a standard drink
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in the days when stronger alcohols were made stills, the number of X's marked on the side of the collecting containers referred to
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how many times the brew has been passed through the still
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when you water your houseplants, the water is used by the plant as a source of
Definition
electrons
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in fungi, food materials are digested
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extracellularly
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crossing over occurs during
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prophase 1
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stems cells for use in therapeutic cloning can be found in; blastocyst stage of an embryo, human bones, umbilical cord blood.
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all of these
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the failure of chromosomes to seperate correctly during meiosis is called?
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nondisjunction
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dolly is an example of
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somatic cell nuclear transfer
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in which of the following, are carbohydrate molecules made in the dark reaction? stroma, inner membrane, granal stack, outer membrane, none of these
Definition
inner membrane
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which of the following can produce a clone? bulbs, stolons, bacteria produced by binary fission, rhizomes, all are clones
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all are clones
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wine production involves alcoholic fermentation which
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removes electrons and hydrogens off NAD carrier molecules
Term
during the making of sauerkraut the fermenting conditions are?
Definition
anaerobic to allow lactic acid production by bacteria
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a main function plant pigments during photosynthesis?
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to capture light energy
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a replicated chromosome produced in interphase has ____ number of chromatids
Definition
2
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which of the following groups do not have any species which can carry out photosynthesis? plants, aquatic protistans, bacteria, all have species which carry out photosynthesis
Definition
all have species which carry out photosynthesis
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which cell organelle might be responsible for the early death of clones?
Definition
the mitochondria
Term
ATP, oxygen and NADPH are produced during
Definition
the light or light dependent reactions
Term
the mushrooms we see above ground are built of intertwined
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mycorrhizae
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nondisjunction might result in a condition called
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turner's syndrome
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some reptiles have the sex of the young determined by which environmental factor?
Definition
temperature
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the small nonfunctioning units that are produced during oogenesis are termed?
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polar bodies
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solar or radiant energy from the sun is transferred from one molecule to another during the light reactions of photosynthesis by
Definition
electrons
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if scientists were to try and clone a giant ground sloth found in western oklahoma, which process would they possibly try to use?
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somatic cell nuclear transfer
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after mitosis, the chromosome number of the daughter cells is _________ the parent cell
Definition
the same as
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the relationship of a termite and the protistan living in its gut is termed
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mutualism
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therapeutic cloning is primarily associated with
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producing stem cells
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what happens during the random alignment of chromosomes in metaphase 1 of meiosis?
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genetic variation is introduced to the gametes
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which of the following types of alcohol is/are consumable? ethyl alcohol, rubbing alcohol, denatured alcohol, all are, none are
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none are
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